The Lleida Latin-American Film Festival ( ca, Mostra de Cinema Llatinoamericà de Lleida, or shortened to ca, Mostra de Lleida) is a cinema festival that takes place in

Lleida Lleida (, ; Spanish: Lérida ) is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital city of the province of Lleida. Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It is also the capital city of the Segrià comarca, as ...

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...

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awarding

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films. It is organised by the Latin American Centre of Lleida and is sponsored by the city council (

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), the

University of Lleida The University of Lleida (officially in Catalan: ''Universitat de Lleida'') is a university based in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. It was the first university founded in Catalonia and in the ancient Crown of Aragon. It was founded in 1300, using the ...

and

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. It's one of the main yearly cultural events in the town and takes place at the Teatre Principal, CaixaFòrum Lleida, Funatic, Cafè del Teatre de l'Escorxador,

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, the main campus of the University of Lleida, and the Hotel Condes de Urgel, alongside other cultural activities. The event has taken place since 1995, and awards were first given in 1997. At one time the festival took place in January but today it takes place in late March.

Awards

*Best Film (''Wimp Dorean'') *Best Direction (''Mejor Dirección'') *Best Screenplay (''Mejor Guión'') *Best Actor (''Mejor Actor'') *Best Actress (''Mejor Actriz'') *Best First Work (''Mejor Ópera Prima'')

Past Best Films

*2001: '' Esperando al Mesías'' (Italy-Spain-Argentina) *2002: '' En la Puta Vida'' (Uruguay-Argentina-Cuba-Spain-Belgium) *2003: '' El Bonaerense'' (Argentina-Chile-France-Netherlands) *2004: ''

El Abrazo Partido ''Lost Embrace'' is a 2004 Argentine, French, Italian, and Spanish comedy drama film, directed by Daniel Burman and written by Burman and Marcelo Birmajer. The picture features Daniel Hendler, Adriana Aizemberg, Jorge D'Elía, among others. T ...

'' (Argentina-France-Italy-Spain) *2005: ''

Buenos Aires 100 kilómetros ''Buenos Aires 100 km'' is a 2004 Argentine, French, and Spanish, film, written and directed by Pablo José Meza. The picture features Juan Ignacio Perez Roca, Emiliano Fernández, Alan Ardel, Hernan Wainstein, Juan Pablo Bazzini, among others. Th ...

'' (Argentina-France) *2006: ''

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'' (Mexico) *2007: ''

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'' (Argentina) *2008: '' No mires para abajo'' (Argentina) *2009: '' Desierto Adentro'' (Mexico)

Past Audience Awards

*1997: '' Caballos salvajes'' (1995) *1998: ''

Cenizas del paraíso ''Ashes of Paradise'' ( es, Cenizas del paraíso) is a 1997 Argentine crime drama film directed by Marcelo Piñeyro. It tells in flashbacks how the untroubled private happiness of a family – a judge and his three grown-up sons – cr ...

'' (1997) *1999: '' Amaneció de golpe'' (1998) *2000: ''

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'' (2000) *2001: ''

Nueve reinas ''Nueve Reinas'' () is a 2000 Argentinian crime film written and directed by Fabián Bielinsky. It stars Ricardo Darín, Gastón Pauls, and Leticia Brédice. In the film, con artists Marcos (Darín) and Juan (Pauls) unexpectedly team up to sell co ...

'' (2000) *2002: '' En la puta vida'' (2001) *2003: '' Donde cae el sol'' (2002) & ''

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'' (2001) *2004: '' El Chino'' (2003) *2006: ''

'' (2005) *2007: '' Your Dick !'' (2006)

References

External links

Lleida Latin-American Film Festival
Official web site . Film festivals in Catalonia Film festivals established in 1995 Culture in Lleida Latin American film festivals Spring (season) events in Spain 1995 establishments in Spain {{film-festival-stub